Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/CSULB/Human Cognition SP23 (Spring 23)

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Course name

Human Cognition SP23

Institution

CSULB

Instructor

Nuria Giralt

Wikipedia Expert

Brianda (Wiki Ed)

Subject

Psychology

Course dates

2023-01-20 00:00:00 UTC – 2023-05-15 23:59:59 UTC

Approximate number of student editors

45

Psy 332 is a survey of Cognitive Psychology; a basic introduction to the many subfields in Cognition. The focus of the course is on understanding how the human mind works within the technological limitations, to study the human mind, with a focus on making connections between the data and the claims being made.

The Wikipedia assignment will be our semester project which replaces a written paper/oral presentation investigating a research question.

Student	Assigned	Reviewing
Emily1Sandoval	Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance, Memory and trauma, Attention, Working memory, Treatment of mental disorders
Jojo274	Stone Ocean, Fractured (2019 film), Philosophy of perception, False memory, Deal or No Deal (American game show)
Serenity D-B	Dory (Finding Nemo), The Secret Life of My Secretary, Eyewitness memory, Fugue state, Critical period hypothesis
Fannav99	Eyewitness testimony, Autism and working memory, Language acquisition, Learning, Memory improvement
Smithzorah	Repressed memory, Hyperthymesia, Flashbulb memory, Sleep and learning, Amnesia, Chunking (psychology)
NaviRome	Atkinson–Shiffrin memory model, Developmental psychology, Aphantasia, Hyperphantasia
AngeAri	Sense of direction, Treatment of mental disorders, In-group and out-group, Misinformation effect, Chunking (psychology), Attention, Working memory
Jellycat98	Emotion perception, Cognitive poetics, Human multitasking, Screen time, Attention span, Selective perception, Memory and trauma, Effects of stress on memory, Sleep and memory, Pattern recognition, Chunking (psychology)
Ibusto	Eyewitness testimony, Cognitive development, Alzheimer's disease, Sex differences in cognition, Mechanism of autism
AdrienG11	Social skills, Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale, Sensory overload, Free recall, Weapons effect, Perceptual load theory
MatthewR02	Long-term memory, Levels of Processing model, Flashbulb memory, Cognitive interview, Attachment theory
Nancyrm127	Jigsaw puzzle, Spot the difference, Study skills, Eyewitness testimony, Distracted driving
ZZakh23	Selective perception, Associative memory (psychology), Implicit memory, Iconic memory, Selective exposure theory
AbigailG23	Change blindness, Change detection, Detection theory, Precision and recall, Flicker fusion threshold
AzulB.13	Addiction-related structural neuroplasticity, Psychological trauma, Weapon focus, Chunking (psychology), Memory
Sebas0419	Working memory, Attention, Eyewitness testimony, Treatment of mental disorders, Memory and trauma	Attention
JustinC7	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Smallville (Season 4), 50 First Dates, Retrograde amnesia	Change blindness, Testing effect, Working Memory, Cryptomnesia, The Bourne Identity, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Shantalr00	Short-term memory, Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, Screen memory, Social cognition, Language disorder, Semantic ambiguity
Imlucero	Eyewitness testimony, Attention, Working memory, Treatment of mental disorders, Memory and trauma
Annann789	Emotion perception, Face perception, Fusiform face area, Emotion classification, Affective neuroscience, Insular cortex, Chunking (psychology)
Ashley444	Selective memory, Cognitive module, Change blindness, Associative interference, Wason selection task
Dcooksie
Katherine2424	Memory and retention in learning, Chunking (psychology), Weapon focus, Prototype-matching, Mental Rotations Test
AnneMilo	Child development, Cognitive development, Social cognition, Dissociative disorder, Working memory, Chunking (psychology)
Elle9
Silvadiane20	Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance, Pattern recognition, Effect of caffeine on memory, Mental rotation, Post-traumatic amnesia, Chunking (psychology)
Josefine001	Evolution of cognition, Cognition, Thought disorder, Evolution of human intelligence, Human behavior
Bri.ana5050	Developmental psychology, Long Term Memory, Short Term Memory, Explicit memory, Episodic memory, Chunking (psychology)
Alessandro219	Cognitive bias, Recency bias, Weapon focus, Eyewitness testimony, Chunking (psychology), Bias
Zoejones107	False memory, Eidetic memory, Working memory, Recall (memory), Volatile memory, Eyewitness testimony
Bega24	Chemophobia, Method of loci, Eyewitness memory, Analysis paralysis, Biological Inequity, Eyewitness testimony, Spatial memory	Chemophobia
Cristina027	Cocktail party effect, Eyewitness memory, Music-related memory, Mental mapping, Spatial ability
Faithw19	Attentional control, Cocktail party effect, Information processing theory, Episodic memory, Weapon focus, Chunking (psychology)
Kylela20	Biological Inequity, Chemophobia, Analysis paralysis, Eyewitness memory, Method of loci, Spatial memory	Chemophobia
Gcastillo5814	Weapon focus, Chunking (psychology), 50 First Dates, Working memory, Finding Dory, Short-term memory
Dhermatology	Eyewitness testimony, Chunking (psychology), Change detection, Free recall, Memory improvement
Edwin2233	Spatial memory, Long-term memory, Cognitive load, Visual memory, Chunking (psychology), Top-down and bottom-up design, Free recall, Heuristic
Jeo.xo	Working memory, Attention, Treatment of mental disorders, Memory and trauma, Eyewitness testimony
Sromero03	Memory, Short-term memory, Free recall, Serial-position effect, Working memory, Syntax
Emjackson500	Personal-event memory
Rafk042	Dream interpretation, The Dream: Introduction into the Psychology of Dreams, Psychology of religion and dreams, Unconscious mind
Vdelreal	Atkinson–Shiffrin memory model, Aphantasia, Hyperphantasia

Timeline

Week 4

Course meetings

Thursday, 9 February 2023

In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:

• Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
• Evaluating Wikipedia

Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 5

Course meetings

Tuesday, 14 February 2023   |   Thursday, 16 February 2023

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

In class - Discussion

Week 6

Course meetings

Tuesday, 21 February 2023   |   Thursday, 23 February 2023

Assignment - Review the rules for health topics

Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 7

Course meetings

Tuesday, 28 February 2023   |   Thursday, 2 March 2023

In class - Discussion

Week 8

Course meetings

Tuesday, 7 March 2023   |   Thursday, 9 March 2023

Week 9

Course meetings

Tuesday, 14 March 2023   |   Thursday, 16 March 2023

Assignment - Make a small edit

Week 10

Course meetings

Tuesday, 21 March 2023   |   Thursday, 23 March 2023

Assignment - Copyedit an article

Week 11

Course meetings

Tuesday, 28 March 2023   |   Thursday, 30 March 2023

Assignment - Finalize your topic and find sources

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Linguistics

Psychology

Week 12

Course meetings

Tuesday, 4 April 2023   |   Thursday, 6 April 2023

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

In class - Discussion

Week 13

Course meetings

Tuesday, 11 April 2023   |   Thursday, 13 April 2023

Assignment - Peer review three articles

Guiding framework

Week 14

Course meetings

Tuesday, 18 April 2023   |   Thursday, 20 April 2023

Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:

• Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
• Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 15

Course meetings

Tuesday, 25 April 2023   |   Thursday, 27 April 2023

Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 16

Course meetings

Tuesday, 2 May 2023   |   Thursday, 4 May 2023

Assignment - Continue improving your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Assignment - Polish your work

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.

Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article.

• Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
• Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!